#161E2A#161E2A

#161E2A is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.026 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E2A
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 42)
HSL	hsl(216, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(216, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.04, 0.30, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.04, 9.24, 271.88°)
OKLab	oklab(23.31% -0.0053 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(23.31% 0.026 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2129, 1.2662, 2.3705)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E2A #2A2216

analogous

#16282A #161E2A #18162A

triadic

#161E2A #2A161E #1E2A16

tetradic

#161E2A #2A1628 #2A2216 #162A18

square

#161E2A #2A1628 #2A2216 #162A18

split-complementary

#161E2A #2A1816 #282A16

monochromatic

#0B0E14 #0B0E14 #161E2A #2B3B52 #40577A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#161E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E2A

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E2A	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.026 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545963',
    500: '#161e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e2a;
$custom-light: #545963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23309,
    "c": 0.02614,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E2A

secondary

#5F513D

accent

#9E60C7

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020305

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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